Oil-can



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E. SMALLEY.

Oil Can.

No. 242,104. Patented June 7,1881.

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EDMUND SMALLEY, or SPARKILL,NEW YORK.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,704, dated June '7, 1881.

Application filed April 5, 1981. (NomodcL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND SMALLEY, of Sparkill, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to oil'cans having dischargetubes which may be reversed, so as to bring them within the cans when the cans are to be carried.

The invention consists in the combination,

, with an oil-can and reversible discharge-tube,

of a spring or an elastic or yielding stationary cushion or pad within the can, and upon whichthe end of the tube is reversed, thus forming a valve to prevent leakage.

In connection with the reversible tube I employa wiper which consists ofa ring or washer, of leather or similar material, inserted in the neck of the can and receiving the tube through it when the latter is reversed. The washerwiper fits snugly around the tube, and when the latter is withdrawn the oil adhering to it is wiped off by the wiper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a can embodying my invention and in a condition for use. Fig. 2 represents a similar section with the tube reversed in position, and Fig. 3 represents a partly-sectional view of the can inverted.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates an oil-can of common shape, having a neck, a, which is internally screwthreaded; andB designates the discharge-tube of the can, which is provided close to one end with a fixed collar, 1), and has external screw-.

threads, 0 a, above and also below said collar, either of which screw-threads may engage with the screw-threaded neck a. In Fig. l the lower screw-thread, c, is in engagement with the neck and the can is in a condition for use; but in Fig. 2 the upper screw-th read engages with the screw-thread within the neck, and the tube is concealed within the can, thus adapting the can for being packed away or carried about in the pocket.

G designates a cap, which is attached to the can by a chain, d, and which may be screwed upon the'thread 0 when the tube B is re-' versed, so as to protect the thread against being jammed.

At the lower end ofthe neck a is an inwardlyprojecting flange or lip, a, upon which rests a washer or ring, 6, of leather, felt, or similar material, and through which the tube is inserted when it is reversed in position. When the tube is withdrawn the washer e serves'as a wiper to remove all oil clinging to the tube. As seen in Fig. 3, the lower end of the tube may have a projection, which, when the tube is in its normal position, projects through the washer-wiper e, and prevents oil from adhering to the end when the tube is reversed, except a single drop.

In the bottom of the can is a spring, D, which has in its upper end a washer or seat, 8, of leather or other material, and receives upon it the end of the tube B when the latter is reversed. The spring D is depressed by the tube, as seen in Fig. 2, and hence its elasticity serves to impel it upward to keep the tube closed, so as to prevent leakage, and also to prevent the oil from gumming on the top of the tube.

In lieu of the spring D, an elastic or yielding pad or bed, of any material which will constitute a-valve for the tube, maybe employed.

The spring D may also serve the purpose of springing the bottom A of the can outward; and to enable the spring to do this I employ a crossbar, E, extending diametrically across the can and attached to the bottom at its ends. When the spring D is not pressed down by the tube B it will be held between the cross-bar E and thebottom A of the can, and hence itserves to press the bottom outward when it is deflected inward by the hand.

By my invention I provide a can which may be more readily carried in the pocket or otherwise than an ordinary can, and without liability of leakage.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with an oil-can and a reversible tube, of a valve cushion or pad at or near the bottom of the can, against which the end of the tube maybe closed, substanble tube therefor, and an annular ring-shaped 4 tially as specified. wiper inserted in .the neck of the can and fit- 1o 2. The combination of the can A, having the ting the tube when the latter is reversed, subcross-bar E, the spring D, and valve or cushstantially as specified.

5 ion 8 between said cross-bar and the bottom EDMUND SMALLEY.

of the can, and the reversible tube B, substan- Witnesses: tially as specified. FREDK. HAYNES,

3. The combination of an oil-can, a reversi- THOMAS E. BIRCH. 

